United States Air ForceDelta 2914Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SCATHA
Launched
January 30, 1979
Image: NASA Kennedy Space Center
Summary
SCATHA launched on an United States Air Force Delta 2914 from Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on January 30, 1979. It was United States Air Force's 737th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 2,180th orbital launch attempt. It was the 29th Delta 2914 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical). SCATHA, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 188 × 43,267 km orbit inclined 27.3°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta 2914 · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Materials Science · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
- Milestone
- 29th Delta 2914 flight · 1st this yearUnited States Air Force's 737th launch1st this yearhumanity's 2,180th orbital launch attempt7th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
SCATHA · NORAD 11256 · 1979-007 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SCATHA
- Object ID
- 1979-007A
- Epoch
- 1979-02-01 08:53:51 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.84323788 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7665846
- Inclination
- 27.315°
- Ascending node
- 274.2291°
- Arg. of perigee
- 179.8139°
- Mean anomaly
- 242.0854°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Elliptical. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 1 component; 2 still in orbit
- SCATHA · NORAD 11256 · in orbit
Delta 148 · re-entered February 25, 1979
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Experimental satellite designed to explore the effects of spacecraft charging at high altitudes
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
67th launch from Space Launch Complex 17B, 1st this year · 356th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
132 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
72 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did SCATHA launch?
SCATHA launched on January 30, 1979. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch SCATHA?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched SCATHA?
Delta 2914, flown by United States Air Force. Delta 2914 spec sheet
Where did SCATHA launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did SCATHA reach?
SCATHA, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 188 × 43,267 km orbit inclined 27.3°.
How many satellites did SCATHA launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).